● People with the plague need immediate treatment. If treatment is not received within 24 hours of when the first symptoms
occur, death may be unavoidable.
● Antibiotics such as streptomycin, gentamicin, doxycycline are used to treat plague.
How do people get plague?
By the bites of infected fleas
By direct contact with the tissues or body fluids of a plague-infected animal
What is the plague?
● The plague is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis that can affect both animals and humans.
Symptoms
● Fever , mustle pain , arthralgia , headache , diarrhea.
Treatment
● People with the plague need immediate treatment. If treatment is not received within 24 hours of when the first symptomsoccur, death may be unavoidable.
● Antibiotics such as streptomycin, gentamicin, doxycycline are used to treat plague.
How do people get plague?